Anonymous: Campaign against ‘terrorist group’ KKK will continue

​Individuals associated with the hacktivist group Anonymous are moving forward with their cyber campaign against the Ku Klux Klan and say the actions they’ve undertaken so far should be considered “just the beginning” of what’s to come.

On the heels of an operation launched by the amorphous,
international hacking movement last week, #OpKKK, people aligned
with Anonymous say they will continue to set their sights on the
Klan after the infamous hate group threatened to use “lethal
force” against protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, where mass
demonstrations are expected to occur in the coming days.

RT reported previously that self-proscribed members of
Anonymous, or Anons, responded to the KKK’s stated intentions to
harm activists in Ferguson by compromising a Twitter account
related to the Klan while at the same time rendering affiliated
websites unavailable through a campaign of distributed
denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. On Monday, Anons published a
statement by way of the affected Twitter account, @KuKluxKlanUSA,
explaining the status of the headline-grabbing operation launched
over the weekend on November 16.

“Before going any further, we’d like to address our idea of
freedom. After exposing Klan members and seizing the Klan’s
websites and Twitter accounts, Anonymous members faced much
criticism regarding freedom. Anonymous stands for freedom, so why
would we strip someone of his or her freedom of speech? The Ku
Klux Klan is a terrorist group. The blood of thousands of human
beings are on the hands of Klansmen. In most of Anonymous’
member’s eyes, the KKK no longer has the right to express their
racist, bigoted opinions,” the message reads in part.

Later, the statement suggests that the compromised KKK account
contained evidence that could potentially unmask some Klansmen
and is currently being disseminated by hacktivists. Anons say
they want to ensure they identify those individuals with utmost
accuracy, though, adding “It would be against everything
Anonymous does if we publically released information of the
innocent.”

According to the statement, which has since been retweeted more
than 4,000 times, Anons plan to erase the compromised Twitter
account once the information it contains is analyzed thoroughly.

“What was accomplished on 16 Nov 24,” the message
continues, “is just the beginning of #OpKKK. Anonymous has
plenty more work to do. To the men and women representing
Anonymous in Ferguson, make us proud. Show the world why
Anonymous is the most united legion on this planet.”

Meanwhile, Anons from around the world are continuing to
participate in the anti-Klan campaign by tweeting new details
about purported Klansmen and collaborating elsewhere on the web
as KKK-related websites are harvested as targets to be hit with
DDoS assaults and other methods of attack.

According to at least one influential Klansmen, however,
Anonymous’ efforts have so far been anything but effective.
"Sounds to me like a bunch of kids in their mom's basement
whacking off," Imperial Wizard Frank Ancona of the
Traditionalist American Knights of the KKK told the Daily News on Monday.

Protests are expected to erupt in and around Ferguson, MO pending
the forthcoming outcome there concerning the federal grand jury
tasked with deciding if Darren Wilson, a white police officer,
should be charged for killing Michael Brown, an unarmed black
teenager, in August.